Bible Lexicons

ἀπελαύνω,

also ἀπέλα as imper. from pres. ἀπελάω, X. Cyr. 8.3.32; Dor. impf. ἀπήλαον vulg. in Ar. Lys. 1001 (but prob. ἀπήλααν, = ἀπήλασαν, should be read): fut. -ελάσω LXX Ezekiel 34:12; Att. -ελῶ (also in Hdt. 8.102): pf. -ελήλακα X. Cyr. 4.2.10: — Pass., aor. -ηλάθην [ᾰ ]: pf. part. ἀπεληλαμένος Artem. 4 Prooem.: — Med., aor. -ηλασάμην AP 7.303 (Antip. Sid.): —

1. drive away, expel from a place, τινὰ δόμων, πόλεως, etc., E. Alc. 553, etc.; ἀπὸ τόπου X. Cyr. 3.2.16; ἀ. τινά drive away, banish him, S. OC 93, 1356, etc.; expel (from a society), X. An. 3.1.32; exclude, keep at a distance, Ar. Eq. 58; remove, φόβον τινί X. Cyr. 4.2.10; exclude from a thing, Id. HG 3.2.31: — Med., ἀ. τί τινος ward off, avert from him, AP l.c.

2. ἀ. στρατιήν lead away an army, Hdt. 4.92: freq. abs. like ἀπάγω, march, depart, ἐς τὰς Σάρδις Id. 1.77, cf. 5.25, etc.; πυρώσας τὰς Ἀθήνας ἀπελᾷς Id. 8.102; also (sc. ἵππον) ride away, X. Smp. 9.7, etc.

II Pass., to be driven away, ἐνθεῦτεν Hdt. 5.94; ἐντεῦθεν εἰς ἄλλον τόπον X. Cyr. 1.2.3; γῆς ἐμῆς πρός τινος S. OC 599; to be excluded from a thing, ἁπάσης [τῆς στρατιῆς] from the command, Hdt. 7.161, cf. X. Cyr. 1.2.15; τῆς πολιτείας Lys. 18.5; τῶν ἀρχῶν Pl. R. 564d; ἀ. τῆς φροντίδος to be far from, Hdt. 7.205; ἐς πατέρ' ἀπηλάθην τύχης was barred from [good] fortune on my father's side, E. HF 63; ἀ. φιλίας Them. Or. 7.90c.